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'consists of a funnelshaped vessel having acy- Y rod E.

WLLIAM BALL, (DF-NEW VIENNA, 0R10.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM BALL, of New Vienna, in the county of Clinton land State of Ohio, have invented anew and valuable Improvementin Water-Meters; and l do hereb \,r declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription of the construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part oi' this speciiication, and to the lett-ers and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of thedrawing is a plan view of ymy invention wth the lid removed. Fig. 2 is a ver tical section ot' my invention. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of ring with floats swiveled thereto. Fig. lis a vertical section ot' meter-case with floats removed. Fig. 5 is a plan view ot' the saine.

This invention hasv relation to certain novel iinproveinents in liquidineters for measuring and denoting quantities of fluid p a-ssing through them. The device to which said improvements appliv lindrical rim' at the upper part thereof, within which is a series off hinged buckets or 'tloa s, arranged in radial order around a central vertical rod, which operates an index or other device for denoting quantities. This rod turns with the buckets or floats, which are made to rotate by the action of the Water or other liquid, which is admitted to them through a lid covering the cylindrical vessel aforesaid. Referring tothe accoinpanyinbll driwin illustrating this invention, A represents T ,hc .funnelshaped vessehand the cylindrical iim. G is the cover, having a tube, D, near its edge, which is inclined slightlygas clearly shown in Fig. 2, so 'as to cause-the liquid to strike the iloats in the direction of their rotation around the vertical rod E. F Gr represent concentric rings encircling the The outer ,ring must be ot' equal height with the riin B, between which .and the former thc buckets rotate. 'lhese rings aro secured to the rod E b v means of radial arms l, or horizontal plates, or other equivalent means. l1 dcsgnates thc buckets orI ldoa-ts, which consist ot' metallic or wooden plates, of a square or rectangular forni, attached to rods l1., which extend in radial order through theI ringsv l?. and Gr, and are bent at their inner ends, so that when the floats hang in a vertical position said ends ma.)v be in contact with pins hf,

which wil ctiectually pre i ino; the ilanges l 111,366, (inea .my I25, 181i.

vent the loats from being carried past said vertical positions in the direction ot their rotation I represents a horizontal tlan ge around the insidev oi' the rim B, for a distance oi about one-half the circumference thereof. l represents an inclined iiange, which occupies about one-third the circumference of said rim, and meets 'the llange 'l at a vertical dividing-plate, K. Between the other ends of these tlanges an opening', L, is left for the 'passage ot' liquid. M sho` ws a series other izontal rods extending; from the lower part ot the rim B to a central point, where they form a bear ing for the rod E. They, also, assist in supportl. The latter are oi' equal Width with the lfloats H, which in rotating pass over them. The space between :m5r two iioats constitutes the bucket, the capacity ot' which is the standard ot' measurement for the liquid passing Vthrough the meter. The'bottoni ot' the bucket is the horizontal flange l. Then this meter is in operation, the liquid passing; through the tube l) strikes the iioat hanging vcrticallxY over the horizontal lian gc a short distance beyond the dividin x-plate li, causing the cntirc series of iioats to rotate. The iloats, which are then over the inclined iiangc l', are by it giaduall)Y and in order raiscdon their pivots toward a horizontal position. The water strik thc iioat, as above stated, while the one following rests on the dividing-plate K, andas soon as the former begins to move the other drops to a vertical position and closes up the tilled bucket, which passes around and is t'ollowed by another, lilled in like manner, cach in order discharging their contents tlnfough thc opening` L, and so the operation continues. -`At the point where a packing, M', commences, and thcnce continuos around the inside ot" the rim li to the opening L. This is illusioned to render the scams water and air-tight, and in this connection it may be observed that the meter should work ail-tight in every material respect.

'l`hc device herein described is particularly applicable to the purposes ot' a \\'atcrmotcr. lts nature and operation, howexcr, illustrato a principle upon which may bc constructed a \\'atcr wheel for motive power which will act in an cffcctivc ma nner and entail but c4nnlmrativel)Y little expense in making: it andputting itin operation. llavingl'nllydcscribcdlnyinvention,lcla1m l. The combination andl arrangement ot' the the water iii-st strikes the lfloat.

Vpose speeied. two Witnesses.

anges I I, plate K, ring' F,rm Bioats H, tube In testimony that I claim the above I ha D, opening L,l and funnel A, as and for the purhereunto subscribed Iny naine in the lfresenee ,i 2. 'In v.a Water-meter, the combination of the rectangular. hinged floats or valves IIwith the annular channel-Way, provided with the inclined Witnesses:

WILLIAM BALL.

plane I', and the swelling or packing M on the J osErH A..GRAVATT, inner side of the outer Wall B, substantially as JONATHAN WRIGHT. specified. 

